A digital fantasy gamebook to be published in English and Spanish, Retro Quest is a 100-page solo graphic novel written by Javier Lavilla, and illustrated by Andrea Lidia Radu. Created in a nostalgic style reminiscent of 1980s gamebooks, Retro Quest will feature many handmade illustrations using traditional black ink and textured paper, reminding all of …
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Interactive fiction, readable as what we may now describe as a narrative ‘gamebook’, became a relatively commonplace form of entertainment during the 1970s and early ’80s. Some of the earliest choice-based stories are from the Tracker Books series by Transworld Publishers in the UK. One of their first published titles is 1972’s Secret of the …
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The interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, in which viewers are asked to make choices that determine the direction of the branching storyline, is now available to view on Netflix. Set in 1984, Bandersnatch follows young programmer Stefan Butler as he adapts the adventure gamebook Bandersnatch into a video game for the company Tuckersoft. Written by …
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Finn in 1989, from indie developer Deeper Games, is a love letter to the 80s – a text-based interactive story of survival against all odds, where Lifeline and Stranger Things cross. Finn in 1989 is a deep, immersive story of survival and friendship, loaded with 80s pop culture references. If you’re a fan of Ready …
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